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Barclays Bank Zimbabwe has issued a statement indicating their VISA card now requires pre-approval. The bank joins an ever-growing list of banks that are terminating foreign use of cards. You now need to apply to have your bank card activated before you travel. Just visit your local branch to have your card provisioned. Previously, they

TechCrunch is launching a sort of disrupt for Africans this year, and they want you to participate. They partnered with Facebook to present the Startup Battlefield for Africa. The competition will be held in October this year. TechCrunch will host Startup Battlefield Nairobi, Kenya in front of a live audience and the judges. TechCrunch and Facebook

Elon Musk and his SpaceX wants to deliver 4,425 satellites to space, forming a mesh capable of providing gigabit internet to every part of the world. These satellites will operate between 1,110 kilometres to 1,325 kilometres altitude. This helps the satellites achieve the record low latency of 25ms. Current generations of satellites have a latency of

Apple has announced a photo and video editing app for iOS, dubbed Clips. The app is snapchat for those who don’t get snap. Clips is a live video editing app, much like Snapchat does. To get started, just hit a big ol record button for a few seconds. After that, you’re ready to start editing.

Apple announced an update to the iPad 9.7. The device now comes with a retina display, and the base model is relatively cheap. At least compared to the iPad Pro from 2016. The new device will be available for pre-order from the apple stores from 24 March. iPad comes in silver, gold and space gray. It starts

Google has released a developer preview of the next iteration of Android, O. Android O brings improvements to battery life, notifications and as usual, UI Tweaks. This release is for developers to familiarise with the software before it goes out to the public. This is the second year that Google has offered a developer preview a

IT never rains but pours Uber, who have been in trouble with authorities and customers recently. The company’s drivers have been nabbed in Hong Kong and Thailand. UberX is the basic uber package. A driver signs up with their own car, and they start driving around. The cars used for UberX are the regular day-to-day cars you

According to this report from the Wall Street Journal, Apple is planning to use USB type C across the whole range of iPhones this year. Apple has traditionally used proprietary connectors on its iphones. The connectors used to be fast, but with USB type C the industry standard is certainly faster. Maybe the Cupertino giant

POTRAZ has set new minimum price for mobile operators, that will result in a hike for some of the offerings. The change affects everything including promotions. The floor price indicates the least amount that can be charged for voice per minute, and data per megabyte. This effectively means, you are going to pay more. And